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ABRAM O. BUNDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CUSHIONING ATTACHMENT FOR RECEPTACLES- SPECIFICATIONfoz-ming part of Letters Patent No. 763,252, dated June 21, 1904:.

Application filed February 4, 1904.

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM C. BUNDY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushioning Attach ments for Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved cushioning attachment for receptacles, such as cans or buckets, which may be readily applied to receptacles in general use, together with simple and highly-efficient means for detachably securing the cushion to the receptacle.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of portion of a can equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with parts broken away. Fig. 3 shows the cushion, and Fig. 4 illustrates the Fig. 5 is a section through the cushion.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a receptacle such as is commonly used for ashes or garbage, although the constructions to which myinvention is applicable are also found in barrels, casks, or bucketsthat is, a retends beyond the head to form a chime 2.

3 is a cushion. V This is of peculiar material and construction. In order to provide a cushioning medium which will possess at once sufiicient resiliency and durability to avoid the noise of handling and the marring of floors and sidewalks and preserve the body of the receptacle, I combine with the rubber 4 inner and outer linings of textile fabric 5. These are pressed into the rubber by rolls after the manner employed in the manufacture of friction-cloth. The resulting article, while resilient, is very strong and will stand continued use without becoming worn or frayed. The cushion is made in the form of a strip whose width is slightly greater than the length of the chime within which it is accommodated to Serial No. 191,974; (No inodel.)

provide the necessary extension. In the manufacture this cushioning-strip is formed with a longitudinal groove or recess 6, designed to be on the inner face of the strip when the latter is positioned within the chime.

7 designates an appropriate locking device. This is shown as a split ring in the form of a flat circular band designed to be accommodated within the groove 6 of the cushioningstrip. Near one of its ends the ring is provided with an ear or stud 8, to which is pivoted a handle-lever 9. Pivoted to a stud 10 near the other end of the ring is a toggle 12, having a pin at its free end designed to be accommodated by one of a series of holes 13 in the lever 9 to allow of adjustment to receptacles of varying sizes. Thus the lever and toggle form a toggle-joint the oifice of which is to tightly bind the cushion between the ring and chime. The lever is preferably extended to facilitate its manipulation, and, if necessary, a locking device, such as 1 1, may be employed to hold it against accidental displacement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a cushioning device adaptable to various kinds of receptacles without changing their construction and one which may readily be secured to and removed from a receptacle. The cushioning-strip is of durable material, and its arrangement relative to the chime is such that it is not exposed to injury by the chime cutting it, which has been the difiiculty experienced when it has been sought to equip receptacles with cushions which surrounded the chime. The position of the strip further permits of its being held under high pressure by the locking means, since the pressure is distributed around the chime.

It will be noted that it is only necessary to release the locking means in order to remove the cushion from the receptacle. The material of which the cushion is made withstands suiiicient pressure by the ring without being cut or mashed to obviate the necessity of other securing means.

I claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a cushioning device designed to be removably secured to a receptacle, comprising a strip of rubber having a textile fabric incorporated therewith, and a split ring having its ends connected by a toggle-joint, and designed to bind said strip in frictional engagement with the receptacle.

2. The combination with a receptacle having a chime at its base, of a cushioning-strip on the inner face of the chime and projecting beyond the edge thereof, a split ring designed to fit against the inner face of the cushioningstrip, and means carried by the ring for expanding it against the strip to bind the latter against the face of the chime.

3. The combination with a receptacle having a chime at its base, of a cushioning-strip on the inner face of the chime and projecting beyond the latter, said strip consisting of rubber having textile fabric incorporated therewith, and means for expanding said strip into frictional engagement with said chime, said expanding means constituting the sole medium for securing the strip to the chime, whereby the release of said expanding means allows of removing said cushioning-strip from the receptacle.

4. The combination with a receptacle having a chime, of a cushioning device designed to be removably accommodated within the chime and extending beyond the edge thereof, comprising a strip of rubber having textile fabric incorporated therewith, and a split ring surrounding the inner face of said strip, and means for expanding said ring to bind said strip against the chime, said ring constituting the sole medium for securing the strip to the chime, whereby upon releasing said expanding means the cushioning device may be removed from the receptacle.

5. The herein-described cushioning device for receptacles comprising a strip of rubber coated with textile fabric, such strip having a groove in one of its faces, and a split ring designed to be accommodated by said groove and having a toggle-joint connecting its ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAM C. BUNDY. Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MoGILL, FREDERICK S. S'rIT'r. 

